Category: Sen. Jeff Flake R-AZ

The White House blamed Republicans for the death of Kate Steinle after a five-time deported illegal migrant shot her on a pier in San Francisco. Senator Lindsey Graham said “shame on us as Republicans” in the House for not passing comprehensive…

Another rule change from the Obama administration now allows some aid and support for terrorists to enter the country. To keep a person out of the U.S., the material aid and support must be “significant.” In 2009, a House Judiciary committee…

I said it yesterday and Senator Jeff Sessions is confirming it, the House Immigration “principles” are nothing more than what the Senate has already passed. Sessions also confirmed my suspicion that the border, under Republicans, will not be secured before…

This speech from the U.S. Senate floor by Senator Ted Cruz is undated, but was clearly before the Senate’s Gang of 8 immigration bill passed. Cruz tries to offer an amendment to fix an “indefensible” problem with the bill but…

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) recently referred to Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY) as “wacko-birds.” A McCain advisor is quoted saying McCain is “offended by” Cruz’s “style.” The advisor also said McCain “f-ing hates Cruz.” Now he has said that…

If it is too complicated for the full 100-member Senate body to get together to craft legislation, and we are plagued with the Gang of 8 to do the business of the U.S. Senate, why would Obama’s Director of White…

Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss) was among the original 15 Republicans to vote for cloture (shutting down discussion) this week on S. 744, the so-called immigration reform bill. Today Wicker voted against the bill, the only one of the 15 to…

The Senate passed the vote to discontinue discussion on the immigration/amnesty bill that they have not read. The vote was 67 aye and 27 nay. Those Senators believing they need no further information to make an informed decision on this…

For the second time in the last couple of days I’ve pondered what Senators Corker and Hoeven think they gain by misleading Americans with their grand and enthusiastic announcement of a ‘border surge’ of agents that isn’t a surge for…